Spring Practice

Spring practice is going on right now and I just wish I could be out there. A lot of people say I'm lucky because I don't have to go through practice, but I'd rather be out there trying to earn a spot than on the sidelines injured. I've never been seriously injured, and it is not something I want to do again. haha.

Spring Break

It has been a slow, but relaxing spring break. I have been working on getting all my files and information back on my computer after my hard drive went down, so that is why I have not posted in a while. I haven't done much of anything this week, but I have made good progress on my rehab. I am pretty close to full extension and I have made good progress on my flexion. I got my staples out yesterday and I can actually get my leg wet now. All my friends are at the beach and I get to rehab, but it is also nice to just relax at my house this week.

Embarrassing Moment

I meant to post about this last week, but I forgot. So now is as good a time as any to tell the story. I went to Stumo and they were playing the song that goes
"when i think about the Lord, how he raised me, how he saved me...."
Well I learned that the Grace Church and the Stumo version are not the same version. We got to "It makes me wanna shout" and I am the only person that actually felt compelled to shout "HEY" and so I got more than a few looks from the people around me. Needless to say, the Grace Church version is definately better.

Surgery Update

The surgery was successful and went according to plan. I am now laying in bed resting while on pain medicine. Fortunately there has been a lot of basketball on tv and the Hogs have kept on winning, and that has made the rest more enjoyable. Hopefully, the Hogs can pull it off tomorrow and win their second SEC Tournament Championship.

I have also had a chance to spend some time with God. I've been able to spend some time in the word and read some Oswald Chambers. I'm not sure if it's God's voice I'm hearing, or if it is the pain medication. haha. Hopefully I will become mobile soon because getting out of bed can become a chore and I am ready to be back to running again.

Joy

I was reading ole Oswald Chambers and he made the statement "The things we try to avoid and fight against-tribulation, suffering, and persecution-are the very things that produce abundant joy in us." This statement has been very true in my life, as with the death of my friend being a prime example. This was also a good reminder because yesterday I saw the commercial she starred in and it was the first time I have seen it in the past year. But after reading Chambers, I was reminding of the joy I got from God out of that horrible situation.

The surgery I am having tomorrow will suck, but I think I can find joy out of it as well. I just need to search for God and find joy in the rough times, because that is where it is abundant.

Is that a "deep" enough blog for you Mark? haha.

Wally Dumphey

My dad always refered to Wally Hall as Wally Dumphey, based off the character Jack Dumphey from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Jack Nicholson's character made the statement, "Jack Dumphey is full of (insert a certain four letter word right here)." This statement has become even more true after Dumphey's column today and the one a month ago calling out H Nutt on the most ridiculous, unfounded claims.

Today, though, outraged me when he called out Pat Beverley for his poor use of grammar in a statement saying "We ain't goin nowhere...the media is just bringing us closer together" That is a paraphrase, but apparently it is not ok for a coach or athlete to blame the precious media for reporting rumors and not facts, but it is ok for a journalist to attack a freshman basketball player. The irony of the article is not that Wally Hall can't write in complete sentences or he uses two sentence paragraphs, but that he mispelled Beverley's name (he spelled it Beverly).